2023
excellent bossfights and an entertaining story held back by frankly mediocre level design and generic grunts that barely fight back, other Platinum games have done a better job at balancing good combat with good level design before and after this one, it's also far from even the best Metal Gear entry, it's not even close
2024
fantasic rpg with questionable story choices the closer to the finale you get
cast of supporting characters is too big to give everyone a satisfying end and falls short of Yakuza 5's ability to wrap up a large complex story, IW feels like it manages to wrap up it's core ideas but doesn't know what to do with loose plot threads or just straight up forgot until last minute
having liked Gaiden's story especially was disappointing with how comnected characters were handled, you can tell Gaiden was made After this
overall I still loved my time with it and enjoyed the story for the most part, it just feels more like a middle entry of a trilogy than it's own thing with a satisfying end imo
cast of supporting characters is too big to give everyone a satisfying end and falls short of Yakuza 5's ability to wrap up a large complex story, IW feels like it manages to wrap up it's core ideas but doesn't know what to do with loose plot threads or just straight up forgot until last minute
having liked Gaiden's story especially was disappointing with how comnected characters were handled, you can tell Gaiden was made After this
overall I still loved my time with it and enjoyed the story for the most part, it just feels more like a middle entry of a trilogy than it's own thing with a satisfying end imo
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